The state Department of Natural Resources is hosting a meeting in the Eastern Upper Peninsula on management of gray wolves, which federal officials recently removed from the endangered species list after 38 years.

The Michigan Wolf Forum gathering is being held today at Little Bear Arena in St. Ignace. It runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The DNR says its staff will update the public on current wolf management activities and gather opinions from forum participants.

Wolves have rebounded from near extinction in the Upper Peninsula, where the population is estimated at about 700. Wisconsin and Minnesota began allowing wolf hunts this fall.

A Michigan Senate committee has voted to designate the gray wolf a game species.